Immunotherapy

The American Society for Radiation Oncology has issued an updated clinical guideline that outlines best practices for addressing symptomatic bone metastases and improving quality of life for these patients.

A novel immunotherapy approach for solid, epithelial cancers reduced tumor burden among multiple patients with metastatic colon cancer, according to phase 2 study results.

An immunotherapy to treat type 1 diabetes for people with the human leukocyte antigen DR3-DQ2 genotype received its second fast-track designation from the FDA, according to a company press release.

Significant disparities exist between patients with peanut allergies who are currently receiving oral immunotherapy and those who are not, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

Families of children with peanut allergies that pursued oral immunotherapy cited remission and the potential for disease modification as their reason, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Immunology: In Practice.

Compared with non-Hispanic white individuals, patients from racial and ethnic minority groups experienced similar clinical benefits when participating in phase 1 trials for advanced cancers, data published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Gut microbiomes in children with food allergy may differ from those without food allergy, with fewer differences seen in younger children, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Participants with an allergy to cow’s milk had the lowest rate of oral immunotherapy treatment discontinuation, according to a study published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.